Leaders representing rural, suburban, small town, and big city school districts across Ohio are calling on the Ohio General Assembly to ensure all children can attend a public school that meets their needs and prepares them for success regardless of their ability or background. Across the state – from Medina County to Big
Compares DeWine’s Budget Proposal to a Fully Implemented, Up-to-Date Plan WHO: All in for Ohio Kids is a coalition dedicated to fair school funding that is made up of the Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Association of Professional School Employees, Policy Matters Ohio, and the Ohio Organizing
Members of All In For Ohio Kids Coalition Submit Testimony Today, members of the All in for Ohio Kids (AOK) Coalition testified before the House Education Committee to urge members to pass a budget that makes good on the state’s promise to its children. Four years ago, AOK pushed state
State Senator Cecil Thomas This piece originally appeared in The Cincinnati Enquirer in June 2017. It’s not news that Ohio is in the midst of a budget crisis. Gov. John Kasich is predicting a recession, the opioid epidemic is overwhelming local resources, and we’re about to cut vital services again.
By Karen Farkas, Cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – Students who attend for-profit colleges earn less and have more debt, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio. More state oversight is needed and Ohio needs to restrict funding, the report said. Last year Ohio spent more than $7.3 million on
By Jessica Wehrman, The Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will release a budget today that is bold, brash and, according to many, faces a grim future in Congress. It’s bold because it presumes a 3 percent annual growth rate for the economy and, if its assumptions are correct,
By Tom Jackson, The Sandusky Register SANDUSKY — Republican proposals to limit spending on Medicaid could be harmful to Ohio because of the state’s demographics, a health care expert said Monday in Sandusky. Wendy Patton is senior project manager for Policy Matters Ohio, a think-tank. She specializes in studying the
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich is preparing to make an $800 million argument for his plan that would allow the state to process and distribute the taxes levied by cities, counties and villages on business profits. An Ohio Department
By Laura A. Bischoff and Jim Otte – Columbus bureau Columbus —State Sen. Louis Terhar, R-Cincinnati, pitches the new “Consumer Installment Loan Act” as a way to modernize Ohio’s banking and lending laws and give borrowers and lenders alike more clarity. But Kalitha Williams of Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal
Many native Ohioans would make phenomenal top labor law enforcers for the United States. Andy Puzder is not one of them. The Cleveland-born Puzder, nominated by President Donald Trump to run the Department of Labor, better qualifies as top labor law violator. Ohio senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown should
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — With a new administration taking over the White House next week and a Republican-controlled Congress vowing to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, many Americans are wondering what will happen to their healthcare coverage. For Talitha Johnson, a business owner who lives in Pickerington, the Affordable
The State Board of Education thought it was providing local school officials with helpful flexibility. Unfortunately, its decision nearly two years ago to eliminate the “5 of 8” rule concerning school staffing has proved problematic, or at odds with the objective of ensuring a strong education for all Ohio students
